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Putnam 1947 A3

  • Session A

Given a triangle ABCABC with an interior point PP and points Q1,Q2Q_1 , Q_2 not lying on any of the segments AB,AC,BC,AB , AC ,BC, AP,BP,CP,AP ,BP ,CP, show that there does not exist a polygonal line KK joining Q1Q_1 and Q2Q_2 such that i) KK crosses each segment exactly once, ii) KK does not intersect itself iii) KK does not pass through A,B,CA, B , C or P.P.

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